Pelosi: “I could’ve arrested Karl Rove on any given day”

posted at 6:01 pm on June 20, 2012 by Erika Johnsen

It’s shocking, I know — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi does not approve of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s proceeding with contempt charges against Attorney General Eric Holder.

Republicans on the Oversight Committee are, of course, only playing politics with the contempt proceedings — a move the likes of which she never would have pulled as Speaker of the House, reports HuffPo:

“I could have arrested Karl Rove on any given day,” Pelosi said to laughter, during a sit-down with reporters. “I’m not kidding. There’s a prison here in the Capitol … If we had spotted him in the Capitol, we could have arrested him.” …

Asked on what grounds she could have arrested Rove, Pelosi replied, “Oh, any number. But there were some specific ones for his being in contempt of Congress. But we didn’t.” …

“This is just strictly political,” she said. “It’s just the irresponsibility of the Republicans. We want jobs. Why are they spending this time doing this?” …

“‘Loose cannon’ would sort of be like such a compliment to Darrell Issa. ‘Loose cannon’ would be a moderate phrase. This is an explosive device,” she said. “It doesn’t serve our country, and it undermines the true purpose of contempt of Congress.”

Mm hmm. Despite displaying perhaps just a touch of petulance, Rep. Pelosi is actually pointing out the gamble Republicans are taking with this one — Democrats are going to keep hammering that Republicans are out-of-touch and are squandering their attention instead of staying focused on the economy and jobs. (President Obama, somehow, will escape their totally-not-political criticism, even as he tours the country talking about loosening deportation rules, and gay marriage, and stopping a practically infinitesimal increase in student loan debt, and…)

Whether or not you were magnanimous enough to not to proceed on whatever injustices you believe Karl Rove committed, the fact remains that Operation Fast and Furious was an illegal program that resulted in the death of a border patrol agent and the deaths of countless Mexicans. I think it’s kinda, sorta important we figure out what happened, and Eric Holder is not afforded the authority to ignore Congressional subpoenas and stonewall at his leisure.

Anyhow, the Obama administration wouldn’t know anything about playing politics, would they? After all, they just decided to invoke executive privilege to help protect George W. Bush… or something. Exit quotation:

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“I could have arrested Karl Rove on any given day,” Pelosi said to laughter, during a sit-down with reporters. “I’m not kidding. There’s a prison here in the Capitol … If we had spotted him in the Capitol, we could have arrested him.” …

That quote alone should send chills up and down the spine of every American on either side of the aisle…

Bitch, please. If you were really serious about the Valerie Plame fiasco, you would have arrested Richard Armitage–the real, confirmed leaker–ages ago. But he actually opposed the Iraq War, so you gave him a pass and instead tried to railroad Boogeyman Rove, whose “crime” was repeatedly whipping your party’s asses in elections.

But that single receipt makes up just part of the more than $101,000 taxpayers paid for “in-flight services” – including food and liquor, for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trips on Air Force jets over the last two years. That’s almost $1,000 per week.

Asked on what grounds she could have arrested Rove, Pelosi replied, “Oh, any number. But there were some specific ones for his being in contempt of Congress. But we didn’t.” …

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This is why this vituperative authoritarian witch should never be allowed near the Speaker’s Gavel again… rats and vipers lash out when cornered, so watch your hands and legs whenever you are around her.
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What is that yeasty, doughy, moldy smell?

Sorry, Queen of the Swamp-Drainers, you snoozed, you loozed–missed out on a last big chance, didya, to wield power a raving law-breaking lunatic like you should never have been entrusted with in the first place? I’m sure all the crocodiles in your swamp are tearing up for ya right now …

Kind of like the “but they did it too” game that both parties play. As long as they think they can get away with breaking the law because someone in the other party broke a law we are definitely screwed.

Kind of like the “but they did it too” game that both parties play. As long as they think they can get away with breaking the law because someone in the other party broke a law we are definitely screwed.

CW

Invidious comparison is no excuse. 2nd, are you claiming that Rove broke a law? Please, go on…

Rep. Pelosi is actually pointing out the gamble Republicans are taking with this one — Democrats are going to keep hammering that Republicans are out-of-touch and are squandering their attention instead of staying focused on the economy and jobs.

See, I don’t see this as all that much of a gamble. The more the Dems protest the more guilty they look. Think about it. Obama admitted today that he indeed did know about F&F before he has previously claimed. Holder has repeatedly ammended his testimony. That means both of them have potentially committed perjury. None of this is going to be resolved in the next 139 days but if “flukes” like Pelosi think that this is a game changer for the November elections then she really is as stupid as we think she is. A cautionary tale against too much botox- especially when a dog’s rear end is still more attractive than the “after” shot.

Oh, and who knew the first (Hafrican, Marxist, Literary Genius, Super Transparent, Uniter, Healer, Bjesus, Gay Prez)™ could be so damn Anti-Mexican! and I mean, if we’re going there, this dude is pro putting bullets into government employees, anti-aforementioned’s families.

And for all of those out there who claim to be awake, let me ask you something. Does anyone, other than Upobamasreadside, think that there is a limit to the lengths that Missus HyperPolitical Speakunt of the House would have gone to catch the devil, so to speak?

I was under the impression that the SPEAKER can’t arrest ANYONE unilaterally on ANY charge.

Its my understanding that any matter considered for a contempt of congress charge has to be taken before the committee, at the very least, voted upon and passed by a majority before ANY action can be taken. Just as it has been done today.

Doesn’t the media have to cover this now that Executive Privilege has been invoked? Despite what Pelosi says, the plain facts and the lack of any consequences to the people overseeing F&F can do nothing but damage Holder, and now by direct extension, Obama and the rest of his party. ATF was only one of the agencies involved, and Holder’s JD is knee-deep in it, and Holder blatantly lied about it. Nancy “We will hold the House” Pelosi is whistling past the graveyard yet again.

I’m not aware that the (former) Speaker of the House has the power to arrest people. But Nanny, Obama, and the Socialist/Communist Party (formerly the Democrat Party) think that those in government have the power to do anything they want (see Obama, Obamacare, Holder) without consequences.

If there was a legal basis for this arrest I’m sure she would have been carrying an over sized set of handcuffs around the capitol 24/7 while on the hunt for Mr. Rove. They would then begin raffling off $3 tickets to get a picture with Mr. Rove in a set of gallows.

“This is just strictly political,” she said. “It’s just the irresponsibility of the Republicans. We want jobs. Why are they spending this time doing this?” …

Wait, when did the Dems’ focus become jobs? Hasn’t Romney tried to get Obama to discuss jobs for over a year, while 0 has thrown up one distraction after another to divert attention away from jobs and the economy?

According to a local Dem pundit, this is a desperate attempt because Obama is so squeaky clean that the GOP has nothing to hold against him for this election. He actually said that the GOP was pursuing this because Obama’s family life is scandal-free. The GOP pundit pointed out that a border agent lost his life by guns provided by the Obama administration and that Dems should show a little concern about that instead of suggesting that Congressional oversight of F&F is based on that fact and not Obama’s personal life.

Two federal agents died as a result of this, and your problem with the whole thing is a product of your fevered imagination? You do realize that this wouldn’t have happened in the middle of an election cycle had Holder and his crew (now including the President) been forthcoming a year ago?

You really don’t give a sh** about anything other than the politics of anything do you? Have you no shame?

Actually, F&F was a mistake for the Democrats in a way I haven’t seen brought up yet.

Part of the reason for the resurgence of conservatives after 1980 was the issue of crime. The left had argued that they had better ways to deal with crime, and it was obvious that by 1980 they had failed, utterly. The problem was far, far, worse.

And liberals got hammered on the issue. Remember Dukakis mumbling about what he would do to a would be rapist of his wife?

Clinton, however, was smart, and took the issue of the table. He had no problem executing crooks – even mentally retarded ones (literally).

Now that it has become obvious the Democrats were arming drug cartels, even if it was just stunning incompetence (their current argument mind you), this brings back the crime issue.

Democrats don’t take crime seriously. And the Republicans can run with this and hammer the Democrats again, like in the 80s.